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Agustin Calatroni

Contact Info

       California

Statistical Skills

Linear (Mixed) Models
Additive (Mixed) Models
Prediction Models
Latent Class Models
Visualization
Study/Patients Dashboards
Clinical Trial Design

Software

R & RStudio
SAS
H2O.ai (ML)
HTML/CSS

Statistical Societies

American Statistical Association
Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry (PSI)

Therapeutic Areas

Asthma
Atopic Dermatitis
Food Allergy
Hematology
Immunology
Microbiome

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Agustin Calatroni

Highly accomplished and driven statistician with over 20 years of industry experience and superior analytical and problem-solving skills. Possesses a broad knowledge of statistical techniques for various types of clinical trial study design and research projects. Excels in the design, implementation, analysis, and reporting of randomized, observational, and mechanistic clinical trial studies in a variety of therapeutic areas. Stays abreast of new developments in statistics and understands that communication and collaboration are key to delivering quality products. Currently serves as Senior Director, Biostatistics for several NIAID/DAIT Statistical Clinical Coordinating Centers. Provides statistical consulting on complex and novel statistical methodologies both in-house and with external clients.

Professional Experience

Senior Director, Biostatistics

Rho, Inc

Durham, NC
    San Diego, CA

Present - 2005

  • 2011 - 2020    Principal Statistical Scientist
  • 2006 - 2011    Senior Statistician
  • 2005 - 2006    Statistician

Serves as the lead study statistician for multiple federally funded studies including complex, multi-center, multi-stage study designs. Advises external study team and educates internal statistical team on advanced statistical topics. Collaborates on large study teams with federal sponsors, pharmaceutical partners, and independent academic centers. Mentors statisticians throughout the company

Statistican

Center for Human Growth and Development
Univerity of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

2005 - 2002

Served as statistician on a six universities multi-species research project on the brain and behavior in early iron deficiency

Computer Support Specialist

SMT (SportsMEDIA Technology)

Durham, NC

2002 - 1996

Produced graphics, statistics and video enhancement software for live television sports broadcast networks
2000 EMMY winner ESPN Speedworld NASCAR coverage

Education

North Carolina State University

Master of Science in Statistics

Raleigh, NC

2002 - 2000

Mu Sigma Rho Honors Society

Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne

Masters en Sciences Économiques

Paris, FR

1996 - 1995

Summa cum laude

Erasmus School of Economics

Summer School in Econometrics and Statistics

Rotterdam, NL

1995

Université d’Aix-Marseille III

Maîtrise en Sciences Économiques

Aix-en-Provence, FR

1995 - 1991

Summa cum laude

Lycée Franco-Argentin Jean Mermoz

Baccalauréat en Sciences Économiques

Buenos Aires, AR

1991 - 1988

Extracurricular Activities

Wonderful Wednesday (WW) Challenge

Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry (PSI) Visualization Special Interest Group (VIS SIG)

N/A

2022 - 2020

  Visualizations and Dashboards Contributions
  Visualization of multiple endpoints over times
   Interviewed for the Effective Statistician podcast

I have a passion for statistics and data communication, insomuch that I often practice it as an extracurricular activity. For almost a decade, I have been an Industry mentor for the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) Industrial Math/Stat Modeling Workshop (IMSM). There I mentored graduate students in mathematics, statistics, and computational science to challenging and exciting real-world problems arising in our industry. Furthermore, I have openly contributed to the advancement of data communication, through the application of novel tables, graphics & interactive dashboards for clinical trials data standards. These contributions have gained recognition both internally and externally. Examples of data visualization and statistical graphics

RStudio Table Contest- Honorable Mention

Describer: An Interactive Table Interface for Data Summaries

N/A

2021

RStudio Table Contest- Honorable Mention

The Big Mac Index Tables

N/A

2020

Industry Mentor

The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) Industrial Math/Stat Modeling Workshop (IMSM)

N/A

2020 - 2011

Objective is to expose graduate students in mathematics, statistics, and computational science to challenging and exciting real-world problems arising in industrial and government laboratory research.
  Rho Participates in Graduate Student Workshop for the 8th Consecutive Time
  2019 Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) w/ Functional Data Analysis

AstraZeneca-Sanger Drug Combination Prediction DREAM Challenge

Advancing Cancer Treatment with Artificial Intelligence

N/A

2015

Open innovation competition hosted by Sage Bionetworks using crowdsourcing to identify new solutions to pressing pharmaceutical research and development challenges Rho Innovation Award

Selected Presentations

Interactive dashboards without Shiny

UseR conference

Virtual

2022

Visualization of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Collection

Scalable, flexible, interactive approach to visualizing data

Blog

2018

AAAAI NHLBI & NIAID Invited Course Faculty

Clinical Trial Designs to Predict Asthma Exacerbations

Atlanta, GA

2017

Model Ensembles Using Cross Validation

UseR conference

Palo Alto, CA

2016

AAAAI/NIEHS Invited Course Faculty

NHANES: Getting to Grips with the Big Data

San Diego, CA

2014

Rho Wide Corporate Training

Visualizing Multivariate Data ↺ Information Into Understanding

Chapel Hill, NC

2013

Rho Presidential Award for Outstanding Innovation for statistical visualization

Correlation with Left Censored and Repeated Measures Data

Joint Statistical Meetings

Denver, CO

2008

Selected Publications Full List

Longitudinal Phenotypes of Respiratory Health in a High-Risk Urban Birth Cohort

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

N/A

2019

Early-life home environment and risk of asthma among inner-city children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

N/A

2018

Effects of Omalizumab on Rhinovirus Infections, Illnesses, and Exacerbations of Asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

N/A

2017



Together as a team of investigators, we are motivated by discovery and results to improve health, extend life, and enhance the quality of life. We achieve this by helping our industry, federal, and academic clients run clinical and epidemiological studies, while also guiding them through complex and novel statistical methodology in manuscript writing and presentations.

As the Senior Director of Biostatistics for the following Statistical and Clinical Coordinating Centers:

Inner-City Asthma Consortium (ICAC)
Childhood Asthma Clinical Research Network (CAUSE)
Atopic Dermatitis Research Network (ADRN)
Immune Tolerance Network (ITN)
Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR)
Human Epidemiology and Response to SARS-CoV-2 (HEROS)

I provide statistical expertise and scientific leadership in developing clinical trials to investigate asthma, allergen immunotherapy, and environmental exposure interventions and their roles in allergy and asthma using both translational research methodologies as well as the analysis of omics data.